Justin Bieber gets misdemeanor charge in egging case

Justin Bieber will be charged in Los Angeles Wednesday with misdemeanor vandalism for allegedly egging his neighbor's house, TMZ reports.

Pssst, kid! If you high-tail it now, maybe you can make it back to Canada before the coppers come.

(Then we'll lock the door behind you).

TMZ says the 20-year-old bad-boy singer is slated to be arraigned 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Van Nuys, although reports say he will not be present.

Reportedly, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office will file the charge, ending months of debate as to whether to slap the singer with a felony count. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department reportedly lobbied for felony charges to be filed, as the alleged January egging incident in Calabasas resulted in $20,000 damage done to Bieber's neighbor's house.

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2012 file photo, Justin Bieber arrives at the 40th Anniversary American Music Awards in Los Angeles. Police say a paparazzo was hit by a car and killed after taking photos of Justin Bieber's white Ferrari on a Los Angeles street Tuesday evening Jan. 1, 2013. Los Angeles police Officer James Stoughton says the photographer, who was not identified, died at a hospital shortly after the crash Tuesday evening. Stoughton says Bieber was not in the Ferrari at the time. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
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